PLUS FACTOR

Difficulty: HardGrid: 23x23166 clues~30-60 minBy Louis Sabin9/23/1990

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Across

1 Across: Diner staple (4 letters)
5 Across: Gibe (5 letters)
10 Across: Broadcasts (4 letters)
14 Across: Secrete (5 letters)
19 Across: Caravansary (5 letters)
20 Across: Comicality (5 letters)
21 Across: Warhol style (5 letters)
22 Across: Where St. Paul was shipwrecked (5 letters)
23 Across: In company (5 letters)
24 Across: Papas or Bordoni (5 letters)
25 Across: Water wheel (5 letters)
26 Across: Actress Burstyn (5 letters)
27 Across: Like a poor pickpocket? (14 letters)
30 Across: Small icebergs (8 letters)
32 Across: Mason's burden (3 letters)
33 Across: Baum dog (4 letters)
34 Across: Leo's pride (4 letters)
35 Across: Cut (3 letters)
36 Across: "Auld Lang ___" (4 letters)
37 Across: Depend (4 letters)
38 Across: Type face (5 letters)
40 Across: Fleet or Easy (6 letters)
42 Across: Comfort (6 letters)
45 Across: Thames boats (5 letters)
46 Across: Short queries (3 letters)
47 Across: ___ Islands, near the Shetlands (5 letters)
51 Across: Lancelot's hair-raiser? (10 letters)
54 Across: Houston pro (5 letters)
56 Across: Took long steps (6 letters)
57 Across: Yorkshire river (4 letters)
58 Across: Out of bed (6 letters)
60 Across: Act up a storm (5 letters)
62 Across: Asian weight (4 letters)
63 Across: Some amphibians (5 letters)
65 Across: Culloden Moor wear (5 letters)
66 Across: Securities expert (6 letters)
67 Across: Ferrara family name (4 letters)
68 Across: Nanny threesome (3 letters)
69 Across: Police-blotter entry (5 letters)
71 Across: Prickle (5 letters)
73 Across: Post or Balbo (7 letters)
75 Across: Grain coats (5 letters)
76 Across: Elected (5 letters)
77 Across: Throng (5 letters)
78 Across: Except for (7 letters)
81 Across: Ream unit (5 letters)
82 Across: Fraser of tennis (5 letters)
83 Across: Rainbow (3 letters)
86 Across: Tommie of baseball fame (4 letters)
87 Across: Loser at Little Bighorn (6 letters)
89 Across: Monkey's uncle? (5 letters)
91 Across: Leyte neighbor (5 letters)
93 Across: Wampum item (4 letters)
94 Across: Hebrew measures (5 letters)
95 Across: Command at West Point (6 letters)
96 Across: Completed (4 letters)
97 Across: Relay finisher (6 letters)
99 Across: Welles of "Touch of Evil" (5 letters)
101 Across: Gentle renters? (10 letters)
104 Across: Critic (5 letters)
105 Across: Nero's 1105 (3 letters)
106 Across: Fix loosened laces (5 letters)
108 Across: Most exceptional (6 letters)
109 Across: Do over (6 letters)
111 Across: Vague and Zorina (5 letters)
112 Across: First space travelers (4 letters)
113 Across: Indonesian island (4 letters)
116 Across: Choice words (3 letters)
117 Across: Label designation (4 letters)
118 Across: Suit or chute fabric (4 letters)
119 Across: Navy noncom (3 letters)
122 Across: Mischievous (8 letters)
124 Across: Would-be Duses? (14 letters)
128 Across: ___ acids (5 letters)
129 Across: Hailey novel (5 letters)
131 Across: Bar-mitzvah reading matter (5 letters)
132 Across: Any rich man (5 letters)
133 Across: Boxlike sleighs (5 letters)
134 Across: Swiftly (5 letters)
135 Across: Boot out (5 letters)
136 Across: A.L. batting king: 1954 (5 letters)
137 Across: Ringlet (5 letters)
138 Across: D-day craft (4 letters)
139 Across: School furniture (5 letters)
140 Across: Shade of blue (4 letters)

Down

1 Down: Greeting (5 letters)
2 Down: Cuckoopint, e.g. (5 letters)
3 Down: Emulated Kathleen Battle (4 letters)
4 Down: Utilitarian style of design (8 letters)
5 Down: Evasive (6 letters)
6 Down: Article of virtu (5 letters)
7 Down: Indication (4 letters)
8 Down: Former Senator from Hawaii (4 letters)
9 Down: Author of "Lee's Lieutenants" (7 letters)
10 Down: Fine china (5 letters)
11 Down: Trireme tool (3 letters)
12 Down: Architectural curve? (10 letters)
13 Down: Tourists, at times (7 letters)
14 Down: Merganser (4 letters)
15 Down: Starting five of Chamberlain, Bol, Ewing et al.? (12 letters)
16 Down: Kegler's venue (5 letters)
17 Down: Unyielding (5 letters)
18 Down: Merchant guild (5 letters)
19 Down: Cummerbund (4 letters)
21 Down: Unity (7 letters)
28 Down: Galsworthy novel (5 letters)
29 Down: Long-stemmed palm (6 letters)
31 Down: Run up a tab (3 letters)
37 Down: Hit the ceiling (5 letters)
38 Down: " . . . ___ blue surprise": O'Donnell (6 letters)
39 Down: Talk-show invitee (5 letters)
40 Down: Peale appeal (6 letters)
41 Down: Triton (3 letters)
42 Down: Brinker's blade (5 letters)
43 Down: Edible bulb (5 letters)
44 Down: Turkish coins (5 letters)
48 Down: Barbecue choice (5 letters)
49 Down: "___ Psyche": Keats (5 letters)
50 Down: Conger chaser (5 letters)
52 Down: Post-spat activity (8 letters)
53 Down: Nobelist after Wiesel (5 letters)
55 Down: Zola's "La ___" (5 letters)
56 Down: African wildcat (6 letters)
59 Down: ___ Lederer (Ann Landers) (6 letters)
61 Down: Elevenses cart (8 letters)
64 Down: Agra garb (4 letters)
66 Down: Athens of America (6 letters)
70 Down: Cavalry soldier (6 letters)
72 Down: Tool for Mrs. Wiggs (3 letters)
74 Down: Vexes (4 letters)
75 Down: Raised unreliable fish? (12 letters)
76 Down: The mating game (5 letters)
77 Down: Actress Berger (5 letters)
78 Down: De Brunhoff elephant (5 letters)
79 Down: Rocket stage (5 letters)
80 Down: Jump away in sudden fear (5 letters)
81 Down: Antithesis of surfeit (6 letters)
82 Down: Italy's third-largest city (6 letters)
83 Down: Song by Tosti (5 letters)
84 Down: Shoe strips (5 letters)
85 Down: Peak (5 letters)
88 Down: Places to pawn Stephen King's books? (10 letters)
90 Down: A Muslim month (5 letters)
92 Down: Venerate (5 letters)
95 Down: Allergic response (6 letters)
98 Down: Bauxite or galena (3 letters)
100 Down: Kitty Hawk name (7 letters)
102 Down: Bore (5 letters)
103 Down: "Ah, woe!" (8 letters)
105 Down: Dillon or Earp (7 letters)
107 Down: Picked up the tab (7 letters)
110 Down: Miss Piggy's pronoun (3 letters)
112 Down: Powers (6 letters)
113 Down: Modify to suit (5 letters)
114 Down: Maholi or maki (5 letters)
115 Down: Sheeplike (5 letters)
117 Down: "Cheaters" (5 letters)
118 Down: Nibble (5 letters)
119 Down: Kind of servant (5 letters)
120 Down: Shakespeare contemporary (5 letters)
121 Down: Pelion's support (4 letters)
123 Down: Setback (4 letters)
125 Down: Noah's messenger (4 letters)
126 Down: Flag (4 letters)
127 Down: Flagstad or Gluck (4 letters)
130 Down: Make doilies (3 letters)

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